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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first suggestion by Sizwe to Buntu regarding his discovery in the alleyway?

2. What happened to Jacob the other day, according to Buntu in Part 3?

3. According to Buntu, what would make him dig his own grave?

4. What is the name of the first class liquor Sizwe is served at the bar with Buntu?

5. At the end of Part 3, what does Buntu offer Sizwe to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effect of having Styles and Buntu played by the same actor. What parallels and contrasts are there between the two characters, and how are they significant to the play as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

In Part 1, Styles speaks about a 'strong room of dreams'. Discuss what is meant by this with particular regard to either:

A) Styles' realization of his own personal dreams and goals in having his own photography studio, and what the studio represents for the future of his black customers.

OR

B) The playwright's take on the theater in which the play is being performed, as the lines were to be spoken by a black actor on stage in Apartheid-era South Africa.

Essay Topic 3

Comment upon the notion that Styles' statement that 'we own nothing but ourselves' could be construed as being ignorant, coming as it does from a successful black businessman in South Africa.

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